Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Iowa
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant
Hartley, IA · ~74 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant safety composite
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant held a steady TCR band
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=0.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Hartley, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #2/49
- PHOTO Equistar Chemicals
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~74 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Equistar Chemicals (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant
0.6 TCR
- Equistar Chemi
Equistar Chemicals
0.6 TCR
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining - Fostoria
0.6 TCR
- Valero Charles
Valero Charles City Plant
0.6 TCR
- Valero Renewab
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant)
0.5 TCR
What this shows Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant TCR series: 2017=0.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 49 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Iowa.
Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant has more employees than the Denatured alcohol manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · IA · Hartley
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Hartley, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Equistar Chemicals | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining - Fostoria | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Charles City Plant | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC (dba Valero Linden Plant) | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain - Iowa Falls | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Worley Field Services - ADM Clinton | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mittera - Creative Services | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TRANSCO READY MIX | 74 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Memorial Health Center | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CFE Hartley | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hartley | 24 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wagner Business Operations LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Bloomberg 731 Lex Catering | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Loberg Construction Co. | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Artis Senior Living of Huntingdon Valley | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fishkill | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Guardian Health Care Center | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S04078 - Winston-Salem Hauling | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S04313 - Florence Hauling | 74 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.